Latuda’s Pros and Cons

Pros

Latuda’s mechanisms of action promise fewer of the annoying side effects associated with SGAs/AAPs, especially weight gain and the anticholinergic side effects.

For a medication with such potent anti-dopamine action, Latuda had surprisingly little affect on prolactin, blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides. For many people in the clinical trials and follow-up studies, Latuda actually lowered the amount of bad cholesterol and triglycerides.

As one of the few crazy meds with a pregnancy category of B Latuda is safer to take than than practically every other drug discussed on this site if you’re considering to get, or happen to become, pregnant.

Cons

Any antipsychotic with no anticholinergic side effects is more likely to cause movement disorders.

It gives Risperdal, Invega, and some of the more potent first-generation APs (fluphenazine e.g.) some real competition in the King of Movement disorders contest.

When it comes to side effects, the results from clinical trials and follow-up studies don’t always map to reality.

While it didn’t affect their little babies, noticeably more female mice given the equivalent of a human taking the maximum dosage 160mg a day developed the rodent equivalent of breast cancer.

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